For a healthy diet make sure to only eat reasoned rebuttals sparingly. You should get most of your nutrition from name calling. /s
Each level of argument has a purpose. Know your audience and use whatever is most effective. You’re not going to get anywhere calling a doctor a poopyhead just as you won’t accomplish anything by presenting facts to a conspiracy theorist.
Your audience will be most effectively convinced by logic, emotion, or authority. It should be pretty simple to figure out which one to use.
Calling a conspiracy theorist a poopyhead won’t help either (they thrive on perceived persecution). The only thing I think Might help (and it’s a longshot) is along the lines of Socratic Method.
Or even just avoidance of trigger topics and only talk to them about normal everyday stuff. That’s what I try to do with my mom, even if I’m not changing her mind on anything, at least I’m not actively pushing her farther down the pit and away from me/society.
For a healthy diet make sure to only eat reasoned rebuttals sparingly. You should get most of your nutrition from name calling. /s
Each level of argument has a purpose. Know your audience and use whatever is most effective. You’re not going to get anywhere calling a doctor a poopyhead just as you won’t accomplish anything by presenting facts to a conspiracy theorist.
Your audience will be most effectively convinced by logic, emotion, or authority. It should be pretty simple to figure out which one to use.
Calling a conspiracy theorist a poopyhead won’t help either (they thrive on perceived persecution). The only thing I think Might help (and it’s a longshot) is along the lines of Socratic Method.
Or even just avoidance of trigger topics and only talk to them about normal everyday stuff. That’s what I try to do with my mom, even if I’m not changing her mind on anything, at least I’m not actively pushing her farther down the pit and away from me/society.